Farmers' group pet: the blessings of powerful ministers are soft and deceitful

Chapter 495 Palace Exam
From Yan Liangting's mouth, Shen Chenlan knew what the time of the ancient dynasty was like.

The petty officials who live farther away have been preparing to go to court since midnight, which is twelve o'clock in the modern day.

After that, they waited outside the palace together, and then entered the palace together at Yin time, that is, three o'clock in the morning.

After entering, all civil and military officials waited for the emperor's arrival in the hall. Usually, the court discussion began at Mao time, which was five o'clock in the morning.

The general meeting ends at [-]:[-] in the morning, that is, unitary hour, and after that, everyone can go back to their respective homes, or go to their respective departments to be on duty.

When Shen Chenlan first heard about this routine, she sighed deeply, this is no longer [-], nor [-].

This... is not the time difference in China!
So on the day when he participated in the palace examination, he also waited in front of the Shenwu Gate with all the civil and military officials, and only let him in when Yinshi arrived.

Fortunately, Yan Liangting's residence was relatively close, so he didn't have to set off at twelve o'clock in the morning, and he could still catch up on sleep.

After the twenty candidates entered, they were led to a place by a special person to wait.

At Mao's time, the sky has gradually begun to light up.

The civil and military officials began to discuss matters, and only after the official business was finished, was someone reminded that the palace examination would be held today.

So the emperor waved his hand and asked people to bring in all the students, and the palace examination officially began.

Twenty students are arranged in the middle in order of three in a row.

Other officials waited on both sides, and they also looked at this year's Jinshi with their eyes.

Then, the eunuch took all the test papers of the twenty candidates and put them in front of Emperor Shunyu for his review.

Emperor Shunyu raised his hand and flipped through the paper, and when he saw an interesting one, he called his name and came out to ask questions.

The first one is not Shen Chenlan.

He lowered his head quietly, neither humble nor overbearing.

When he lowered his eyes, he could still see the left and right sides, and the calves of the two people kept shaking.

The person being questioned stood up, and Emperor Shunyu asked a simple question. Seeing that the person was stumbling, he frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. He waved his hand and asked people to go back and stand.

Then, Emperor Shunyu found another test paper, which belonged to Song Zhicheng.

Emperor Shunyu asked about a small point in his policy theory article, which was about agricultural planting.

After hearing this, Emperor Shunyu said: "Most students avoid farming, but what you wrote in this article is close to you."

Song Zhicheng stabilized his mind and replied: "The students didn't know much about farming at first, but farming is the foundation of the country. The students think that this part of knowledge is also very important. Don't dare to deceive the Holy One. The students are also influenced by their former classmates. Take it easy."

It was safe for Song Zhicheng to say this, because the emperor knew that he was not a farmer when he checked. It would be a lie to say that he knows farming.

That's why he added the latter sentence.

When Emperor Shunyu heard it, he was really interested and asked where he came from.

Before Song Zhicheng could answer these words, the eunuch beside the emperor spoke first.

"Return to the Holy Lord, it's from Lianxi Academy." The eunuch took out another paper from Shen Chenlan, who was also from Lianxi Academy, and reminded Emperor Shunyu, "This one is also from Lianxi Academy. Huiyuan who will try."

Shen Chenlan's papers had already been turned over, because of the answer papers that were presented, the people below naturally put the best ones first.

Emperor Shunyu naturally knew how the people below handled things, so he put the first answer sheet aside as soon as he came up.

(End of this chapter)